by the way, also speaking at that dinner, governor chris christie who brought down the house by saying -- starting out his speech by saying, "washington, d.c., my kind of town. i love it here." >> mike, there's also a report in "the miami herald" that senator menendez did use his influence to steer business toward this doctor in the dominican republic. the part about the prostitutes getting a lot of attention. is there any sub stan shags for that? >> this started, willie, on conservative websites during his re-election campaign. senator menendez vigorously denied it. but as we're seeing with this story that popped up today, very close connections with this donor. and just writing a check to take care of some flights that happened back in 2010. and you wrote the check in january when these stories have been around for months and months? that's going to prolong these questions at a time that there's even more of a spotlight coming onto senator menendez. >> more reporting on this to come. let's keep it in jersey now. newark mayor, likely senate candidate, cory booker, absent in washington